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means equal to the growing demand. This more 
especially applies to skilled mechanics and engineers, 
for the latter of whom there is at the moment an 
exceptionally fine opening. 
Here as elsewhere the legal profession fatten on the 
folly of the litigious ; indeed it would be hard to find 
a corner of the globe in which so large a proportion of 
savings and earnings finds its way into the cash- 
boxes of the lawyer. I always put down a great deal 
of this spirit of litigiousness to the tropical sun, which 
causes tempers to run high and men to see offence 
where none was meant. The sun, tropical and other¬ 
wise, cannot, however, be held responsible for the 
extraordinary muddle into which land-titles both in 
the Highlands and more especially on the coast have 
been allowed to lapse. 
But it is to the farming class that British East 
Africa makes its strongest appeal. Here again, as 
long as the candidates are genuine, all are wanted and 
will find their niche. The big capitalist is wanted to 
stock and develop those stretches of country which do 
not as yet, if they ever will, lend themselves to closer 
settlement. Where he is especially needed is for 
plantations, forests, sheep, and cattle ranches. With 
the capitalist we want his bailiffs, his foremen, and his 
employees ; the more the merrier. There are some 
who dislike the capitalist or company, as the case may 
be ; and would seem to assert that the man who works 
for another is not so good a man or such a credit to 
the State as one who works for himself. This is a 
small view, and certainly contrary to experience. I 
have found, and it is a matter of common knowledge, 
that those who are, so to speak, “ in employ ” and 
earning salaries or wages are every bit as good, 
